WIRED A faucet for Amazon content: If you subscribe to Amazon’s Prime service, you can consume all the included movies, music, TV, and books; shop for all the items you can get with its free two-day shipping; and browse your free Amazon photo storage. You can do most of the same things from an Android … Read more
The International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday that it was ready to begin defining the “concrete steps” needed to implement a US-Iran deal to end the Middle East war. US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a deal Wednesday meant to end the Middle East war, with Tehran agreeing to dilute its enriched uranium … Read more
German chemical company Evonik said Thursday that it would cut 3,200 jobs, or around 10 percent of its workforce, by 2029 as a crisis battering the energy-intensive industry accelerates. Chemicals is one of the most important sectors in Europe’s biggest economy, but it has been struggling with high costs, exacerbated recently by the energy price … Read more
Around 15,000 startups from around Europe and beyond are showing off their wares at the Vivatech trade show in Paris until Saturday. Here are just a few of the innovations being touted across the three floors of stands and displays: Healing bone implants Berlin-based Blueprint Biomed is developing an artificial replacement for the grafts used … Read more
For the first time in 53 years, New York Knicks fans will be celebrating the team’s NBA championship win with a parade through lower Manhattan. Many New Yorkers will be showing up to party in person on Thursday morning, but not everyone will be able to make it to the event. For those who are … Read more
T his story is published in partnership with DeSmog, the climate investigations site. As Janice Blanock peered through the chain link fence running along a popular bike and walking trail near her home in the Pittsburgh suburbs, she wondered if she was looking at something connected to her teen son Luke’s death from a rare … Read more
Rising Turkish filmmaker Belkis Bayrak is prepping her sophomore feature, “A Brighter Word Than Bright,” which she’s presenting this week in the Transilvania Pitch Stop co-production forum of the Transilvania Intl. Film Festival. The director’s debut feature, “Gülizar,” world premiered in Toronto’s Discovery strand and played San Sebastian’s New Directors Competition. A portrait of grief and resilience, … Read more
I first learned about Pura from a friend whose house always smelled like a high-end boutique under every circumstance. Cooking project, water leak … no matter what was going on in her house at the time, I only ever smelled berries. I have two cats and a multi-sports-playing teen—I knew I needed this. Now, after … Read more
Over the course of its just-concluded first season, Widow’s Bay has become an undeniable hit. The Apple TV series, created by Katie Dippold, reimagines nostalgic horror tropes in the guise of a comedy, almost like if Stephen King rewrote Parks and Recreation. It references everything from King’s canon to Jaws, John Carpenter, and A Clockwork … Read more
June 20 marks the one-year anniversary of Netflix’s “KPop Demon Hunters” release. Since then, the animated feature has spent 52 consecutive weeks on the streamer’s Top 10 list, shattering records and making history along the way — including becoming Netflix’s most-watched movie ever and winning the Oscar and Grammy for best original song for “Golden,” … Read more